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Herman ne viryt′ v isnuvannya tsarstva vuzhiv, bo vvazhaye sebe vzhe doroslym, ale zmiyi zvernulysya do n′oho z prochannyam perechovaty haydamats′ku shablyu, yakoyu prahnut′ zavolodity kavachavy – istoty, scho zovni nichym ne vidriznyayut′sya vid lyudey, zhyvut′ pomizh nas z 1915 roku, mayut′ vysoku pratsezdatnist′, panichno boyat′sya zmiy, vzhyvayut′ yizhu duzhe haryachoyu, holovna yichnya meta – ponevolennya lyudstva. Soyuznyky kavachaviv – patsyuky ta chorni chornohuzy. Na botsi Hermana zmiyi ta kroty us′oho svitu (sposib, yakym korystuyut′sya kroty dlya peredachi informatsiyi, znachno nadiynishyy, nizh stil′nykovyy zv’yazok, a yichni pidzemni chody roblyat′ peremischennya zmiy nepomitnym). Hermana ochoronyayut′ vuzhi, bo yich nestyamno boyat′sya kavachavy, patsyukiv vidlyakuye chornokorin′, zapach yakoho nastil′ky nesterpnyy dlya patsyukiv ta myshey, scho vony, zachuvshy yoho, strybayut′ z korablya u vidkryte more, ale patsyuky stvoryat′ spetsial′nu bahatotysyachnu bryhadu, biytsi yakoyi ne tremtyat′ vid strachu pered zapachom chornokorenya, a kavachavy znaydut′ slabke mistse Hermana – don′ka kavachava Solomiya. Bytvy ne unyknuty…
